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SNL: Melissa McCarthy Lampoon Of Sean Spicer Absolutely Kills

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The Tyranny of A Minority President Has Begun -- And So Has The Resistance

By @LOLGOP
Obama Gave His Daughter A Kindle And Filled It With Books

By Connie Schultz
Yes, Political Boycotts Are A Form Of Free Speech

By Froma Harrop
Self-Pitying Pessimism Is Personally And Politically Crippling

By Gene Lyons

Top Picks

Top Reads: 'I Am America (And So Can You!)'
if you think Washington's annual "nerd prom" has been rather tame of late, take another look at Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!) which includes the complete text of his remarkable, historic, and hilarious speech from the 2006 dinner.
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Top Reads: 'Transgender Complete: A Virtual Handbook'
In Transgender Complete: A Virtual Handbook, author Joanne Borden explores the topic from multiple angles in order to create better public understanding.
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Top Reads: 'The Gyroplane Flight Manual'
Replete with troubleshooting tips, charts, and diagrams, The Gyroplane Flight Manual is invaluable for the aviation hobbyist -- or protester.
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Top Reads: 'Silent Spring'
Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' is invaluable reading as we grapple with the greatest threat of our time to the natural world: climate change.
By National Memo
Top Reads: 'The Making Of Star Wars'
"Chewie, we're home!" To tide you over until the new film's Christmas release, check out The Making Of Star Wars, the true story behind the original film.
By National Memo
Top Reads: 'Hard Choices'
Hillary Clinton's 2014 memoir of her tenure as Secretary of State, Hard Choices was viewed by many as an opening salvo in her all-but-guaranteed second campaign for the White House, a campaign which has now officially begun.
By National Memo
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Book Reviews

What We Get Wrong About Presidential Power
In "Listen, Liberal" the author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? mounts a scathing indictment of the Clintons and their Democratic Party.
By John Stoehr
Book Review: 'Notorious RBG' Explores The Legacy Of 'An Underestimated Woman'
'Notorious RBG,' in its celebration of the trailblazing Supreme Court Justice, glosses over some of the hardships she faced.
By Stephanie Schwartz
Book Review: Trump's Sloppy, Illogical 'Crippled America' Is A Jumble Of Contradictions
David Cay Johnston reviews Donald Trump's latest release, which is less a book than it is "a jumble of contradictions and thoughts that have not yet reached the half-baked stage."
By David Cay Johnston
In 'A Full Life,' Jimmy Carter At 90 Remains A Wise Truth Teller
Jimmy Carter lets us down. Not with his new book — a warm and detailed memoir — but with his response to the question "Does the arc of history bend toward justice?"
By Carolyn Kellogg
'Art Of The Con' Paints Revealing Picture Of Scammed Collectors
There is something irresistible about that point where art and crime intersect: the money, the egos, the jet-set country club types — not to mention all the talk about provenance and brush strokes and craquelure.
By Carolyn Bigda
Harper Lee's 'Go Set A Watchman' Reveals A Darker Side Of Maycomb
It would be a mistake to read Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman as a sequel to her 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird. There are many points of divergence or overlap between the novels, which are related in a complicated way.
By David L. Ulin
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Editor’s Picks

Weekend Reader: 'Notorious RBG: The Life And Times Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg'
'Notorious RBG' is a delightful and elegantly designed visual guide to the cultural impact one determined warrior for social justice can have when she becomes the stuff memes are made of.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'Give Us The Ballot: The Modern Struggle For Voting Rights In America'
Fifty years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act — and the most fundamental democratic exercise continues to come under attack.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'Arms And The Dudes: How Three Stoners From Miami Beach Became The Most Unlikely Gunrunners In History'
It's a story so outrageous it could only be true.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary Of Deliberately Deceptive Language'
To negotiate the verbal minefield of misdirection, euphemism, and flat-out falsehoods, we now have the definitive concordance of the language of spin.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'Jonas Salk: A Life'
Jonas Salk: A Life is the first complete biography of the scientist who defeated polio.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'On The Move: A Life'
Oliver Sacks's latest book is a memoir of his own unmoored youth: On the Move covers the setbacks, detours, and flashes of discovery of young Sacks.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'Our Kids: The American Dream In Crisis'
Ordinary Americans tell the story of the wealth gap in Robert Putnam's 'Our Kids'.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'Michelle Obama: A Life'
Peter Slevin's 'Michelle Obama: A Life,' is more than a biography of the First Lady -- it's a story of race, identity, and politics in America.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science -- And The World'
'Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science -- and the World' is a remarkable new book by Rachel Swaby: fascinating, compulsively readable, and illuminative.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'Under The Bus: How Working Women Are Being Run Over'
The safety net has become a sieve, Caroline Fredrickson writes, in her new book 'Under The Bus,' about how workers' rights continue to elude working women.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'The Age Of Sustainable Development'
The stakes are high in 'The Age Of Sustainable Development,' but as Jeffrey D. Sachs makes clear, the demands for environmental justice are vital.
By National Memo
Top Reads: 'I Am America (And So Can You!)'
if you think Washington's annual "nerd prom" has been rather tame of late, take another look at Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!) which includes the complete text of his remarkable, historic, and hilarious speech from the 2006 dinner.
By National Memo
Top Reads: 'Stealing Time'
The ill-fated Time Warner-Comcast merger had a bad precedent in the failed 2000 AOL Time Warner merger, as Alec Klein depicts in his book 'Stealing Time.'
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'The Religion Of Democracy: Seven Liberals And The American Moral Tradition'
Amy Kittelstrom's new book, The Religion of Democracy, unpacks the knotty history of the liberalism's relationship to American cultural, intellectual, and political life.
By National Memo
Top Reads: 'The Gyroplane Flight Manual'
Replete with troubleshooting tips, charts, and diagrams, The Gyroplane Flight Manual is invaluable for the aviation hobbyist -- or protester.
By National Memo
Top Reads: 'Silent Spring'
Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' is invaluable reading as we grapple with the greatest threat of our time to the natural world: climate change.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'Inequality And One City: Bill de Blasio And The New York Experiment, Year One'
When New York City elected as its new mayor, Bill de Blasio, a tectonic shift occurred in the political landscape of not merely the five boroughs, but the nation.
By National Memo
Weekend Reader: 'Dead Wake: The Last Crossing Of The Lusitania'
The drama, emotion, and terror of the Lusitania's fatal voyage is deftly told by Erik Larson in 'Dead Wake.'
By National Memo
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